The Humility of Christ
(NRSV) Micah 6:8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good.
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
(NRSV) Phil 2:1 If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, 2 make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. 5 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,
Humility—the ability to have a modest or low view of one’s own importance and a lack of pride or arrogance. It involves recognizing one’s limitations and imperfections and focusing on others rather than oneself.
As a Christ follower, there is an imperative to develop certain characteristics which may not be inherent in our makeup. Humility is one of those qualities that God requires, and if God requires it, then He will supply our ability to attain it. Or, perhaps more accurately, He will enable us to grow into it.
If we do not allow God to mold and shape us into His image, then there is a chance the world will shape us into its image. As Paul would say,” God forbid!”
May we be self aware enough to gauge our own Christian attributes, but pliable enough to submit ourselves to God and to others for the transformation of our hearts and minds.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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